Rail for vehicle dash-boards



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W. H, PHELPS.

I RAIL FOR VEHICLE DASH BOARDS. 110,246,974. Patented Sept. 13,1881.

INVENTOR I ATTORNEY J 1 M Tr F F 1 W K m 0 w i .HW 1 4 III 45 art to which it I I To all whom it may concern UNITE STATES PATENT 1 OFFicE.

WALLAGEUH. PHELPS, 0F ALLIANCE, ASSIGNOR or TWO-THIRDS TO CHARLES B. THOMAS Ann ROWLAND H. PHELrs oTn OF ATWATER, 01110.

RAlL FOR VEHICLE DVAI'IS'H-BOVARDS.

,srrfcrrrcarronforinihg. part of Letters-Patent No. 246,974, dated Application filed March 26, 1881. (Model?) I Be it known that I, WALLACE H. PHELPS, of Alliance, in the county of Stark and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Rails fon VehicIe Dash-Boards and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the pertains to make and use it, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, which form part of this specification.

Y .My invention rclatesto an improvement in rails for vehicle dash-boards, the object of the same being to furnish a rail or molding of such 5. *plied to an ordinary'dash-board, and when so construction that the same can be easily apapplied is preventcd from slipping endwise,

and also adapted to be retained in position should the holding pins or screws become accidentally lost or broken. 1

With these ends in view myinvention consi sts in certain details in construction and combmations of parts, as will be more fully explalned, and pointedout in the claims.

leather covering B.

In the accompanying dawings, Figure l is a,

perspective view of my device a pplied to a dashboard. Fig. 2 is. across-section of the same.

Fig.3 is a side view, partly in' section and Fig. 4 me detached View, showing the different parts; 1 Y

A represents the iron frame of the dash, on

which is secured,

x;1-,G is the rail or-molding, inadeof steel ora'nydesired metal, and-having a groove formedon its nnder surface, into which thetopof the; placed, and held therein by the spring dash secured infthe groove in the 'rail 0, at I the center thereof. This clip can be formed-in any desired manner, and instead of *being constr'ucted as shown in the drawings H; qniay be struck up fro mthesides of the rail or Lgmade in two separate piecesand secured in "fi'thegroove byfsolder or rivets. The ends of these clips aresharpened at the points, and are'adapted to grasp the top of the leather cov- I 'ering B, and are so curved as to allow the rail ,.to be lplaced in position, but efl'ectually prevent the removal or lifting up of the rail until the points of the clip have first been withdrawn from the leather.

' I D are the ends of the rails,formed integral 7 therewith or made separate therefrom, as desired. These ends prevent the rail from slidabove" described.

in the usual manner,the p having end pieces formed in a single piece P m-ber- 13, 1 8 I ing endwise, as is the case with a great num- 5 berof rails now manufactured where no end pieces are employed,but instead thereof pins are used,whichact as wedges and force the leather covering of the dash against the sides I of the groove in the rail; but this is defective, for the reason that the pins are liable ital he lost, which allowsthe' rail to be lifted ofi', as

the pressure is applied directly at the ends and not in the center, as inmy improved device.

E are barbed pins, which pass through opening b in the end pieces, and between the stitching and the top iron of the dash-board, and efiectually prevent any vertical movement of the ends of the rail, the barbs on the pins pre- '5 venting them from being accidentally loosened or working out. By cutting threads in the ends of the rail or molding screws can be inserted, which answer the same purpose as" the pins A railconstructed according to my invention possesses ad vanta ges over thosenow manufactured, in that it is easily applied to an or 'dinary' vehicle, cannot become loose or detached by ordinary usage, looks neater after it is adjusted, and can be taken off and replaced at any time without the aid of a skilled workman. Having fully described my invention, what I claimas new, anddesire to secure by Letters Patent, is- I X I a l. The combination, with a netal dash-rail with theraih'theends beingbe'nt over to cover and'conceal. the corners of the leather cover- 'ing,of a spring-ciip attach-ed to the interior 0 surface of the metal dash-rail, the ends of the spring-clip being constructed and arranged to graspthe opposite sides of the le-ather covering that p jects' above the frame, substantiallyas'set forthrJ- I I 2.Asheet-inetal dash-rail having end pieces formed in a sin glc piece with the rail, said ends being bent over to cover and conceal the corners 0f the leather covering,"substantially as setforth. 'M I In testimony that 1 claim the foregoing I have hereunto set my hand this 10th day of March, 1881. I

I WALLACE H. PHELPS. Witnesses: I Q

\ I JACOB HARTZELL,

PERRY W'. WELKER. 

